Bag-holder



(NoModeL) H. B. CHASE 8v J. L. SEATON.

BAG HOLDER.

Patented July 8, 1890.

UNITED l STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARRYB. oHAsE AND JOHN L. sEAToN, oF voUNGsTowN, omo.

BAG-HQLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 431,648, dated July 8, 1890.

Application led March 31, 1890.V

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY B. CHASE and JOHN L. SEATON, citizens of the United States, residing at Youngstowmin the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a stand or holder for paper bags for use in stores.

The objects of the invention are to provide an exceedingly cheap and convenientholder, adapted to removably retain packages of bagsl of varying capacities, and so arranged that any package is within convenient reach of the han d of the salesman, whether standing in front of the counter or behind the same, to provide a convenient means for retaining the bags in the holder, and for Stringing the same previous to their entrance in the holder.

`With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a bag-holder constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of one of the partitions and Stringing-plates. Fig. 4 .is a detail in perspective of the Stringing-plate.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 represents a pair of vertical standards, which at their bases are secured by screws or other means to the counter 2. The upper ends of the standards are provided with transverse bearings 3, in which is loosely journaled a horizontal shaft 4, upon which is mounted aiixed hub 5, rigid with the shaft and provided at each end with circular disks or flanges 6. The disks or iianges combine to form an intermediate space, which space is divided into aseries of compartments 7, by means of a series of partitions 8 radiating from the hub to which they are secured at their inner ends, and being also secured to the inner faces of the ange.

For the purpose of convenience, cheapness, &c., I prefer to construct the reel herein described of sheet metal, the parts being readily formed from the same, as willbe obvious. The

Serial No. 346.075. (No model.)

compartmentsare each adapted for the reception of a package of paper bags 9, and various means may be provided for removably retaining the bags within the compartments. Of course it will be understood that the bags are of varying capacities, ranging from, say, a quarter of a pound Vcapacity to three or four pounds, and, if desired, the compartments may be varied in accordance with the size of the bags.

Upon one of the walls of each of the coinpartments there is mounted a metal plate 10, the opposite edges of which are struck up to form opposite ways 11, adapted to removably receive a plate 12, designated as the Stringingplate. From the lower end of the plate there projects inwardly toward the pocket or compartment a curved Stringing-wire 13, the terminal of which vis sharpened to readily pierce the bags as the same are successively strung upon the Wire. bags are engaged by the wires of the several compartments, and when the Stringing-plate is in position said mouths are located at the bottoms of the pockets, and their closed ends only project from the pockets, thus preventing the bags from receiving dust and other foreign bodies. -The upper ends of the stringing-plates have hinged thereto Iiaps 14, the upper ends of which are bent, as at 15, and below their ends said flaps are provided with lugs 16, adapted to enter perforations 17 formed in the partitions of the pockets, and said iiaps are maintained in a normally-locked position by means of flat springs 18, the lower ends of which are secured to the Stringingplate, and the upper ends of Whichrest against their respective aps. By swinging the flaps against the tension of their springs the lugs of said iiaps are withdrawn from their respective openings, and the plates may be Withdrawn from the securing-plates, and with them the package of bags, if said bags be not consumed. In this manner it is apparent that the several Stringing-plates and their wires may be readily filled and mounted in their respective compartments, and that as the bags are required it is simply necessary to tear them from the wire. By reason of the compartments being larger at their outer ends than at their inner, the outer ends of the bags The mouths of the- IOO will become separated, and thus facilitate a separation of one bag from the package previous to withdrawing the same. y

Having thus described our invention, what We claim is- 1. The combination, with suitable standards or base having opposite bearings, of a shaft journaled in the bearings, a drum mounted on the shaft and divided into a series of compartments by means of a series of radial partitions mounted between the opposite headsof the drum, said compartments being adapted to receive packages of paper bags, and means mounted in said compartments for retaining the bags within the same, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the base or standards having opposite bearings, with the horizontal shaft loosely mounted in the bearings, the hub mounted on the shaft, the opposite disks or heads secured to the ends of the hub, and the intermediate radial partitions forming paper-bag-receiving compartments, and means for removably retaining` a package of bags Within the compartment-s, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a revoluble reel or drum having a series of radial compartments for the reception of paper bags, and a securing-plate secured to the partition of each 4. The combination, with a support having bearings, of a revoluble reel or drum mounted therein, and provided With radial partitions forming intermediate paperbag receiving compartments, securing-plates having opposite Ways mounted in each compartment, and provided above said plates with a perforation formed in the partition to which the plates are secured, removable Stringing-plates mounted in the Ways, and having at their lower ends stringing-Wires, and at their opposite ends hinged iaps havinglugs for engaging the perforations, and at springs mounted on the Stringing-plates and bearing upon the iiaps, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY B. CHASE. JOHN L. SEATON.

Witnesses:

BIoN W. BRooKWAY, B. FRANK TrroMAs. 

